Which to use
“photo” is a noun and “their” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,909
- “photo” frequency rank
- #11,131
- “their” frequency rank
- 25040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | photo | their |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Foto | ihr |
Letter map: photo vs their
Shared letters muted; letters that set photo and their apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - photo and their
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: photo is anoun and theirapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
photo is recorded at frequency rank #13,909, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. their is at rank #11,131, tagged as apron, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25040, this pair ranks #1,839,022 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of photo vs their
Shared letters: ht. Private to "photo": op. Private to "their": eir.
"photo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "photo" for "their" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "photo" or "their" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "photo" vs "their" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "photo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "their" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,839,022 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "photo" and "their" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "photo vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,839,022 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.